IK Comet

I.K. Comet was an ice hockey club based in Halden, Norway and played in the GET-ligaen. They played their home games in Halden Ishall. Their team colours were green, black and white.

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History

Ishockeyklubben Comet was founded in 1961. Without a rink of their own, and struggeling in the shadow of local greats Sparta Warriors and Stjernen the club found it hard to get a breakthrough. In 1988 they got their own arena, Halden Ishall, and settled in the second highest league for most of the nineties.

In 1997 however an economical crisis forced the club to withdraw, and start again in the third division. Helped on by Swedish businessman Siwert Hjalmarsson the club again found its feet, and started to climb in the standings. In the spring of 2004 Comet had their greatest day so far, when, after beating Hasle/Løren in the final qualifying game, secured promotion to the top league.

The problems surrounding their arena however put dark clouds on the horizon. With its 1200 capacity and limited facilities Halden Ishall is not of GET-ligaen standards.

In 2008 I.K. Comet reached the semi-finals for the first time after upsetting derby rivals Sparta in seven games of the quarter-finals. (4-2 in games)

In October 2009, the club went bankrupt after a long period of financial troubles.

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Comet. For the full season-by-season history, see List of IK Comet seasons.

Norwegian Champions Regular Season Champions Promoted Relegated
Season League Regular season[1] Postseason
GP W L T OTW OTL GF GA Pts Finish
2005–06 Eliteserien 42 16 17 — 6 3 154 150 63 6th Lost in Quarter-finals, 1–4 (Vålerenga)
2006–07 Eliteserien 44 19 19 — 1 5 156 146 64 6th Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Stavanger)
2007–08 Eliteserien 44 18 12 — 9 5 148 125 77 5th Lost in Semi-finals, 1–4 (Frisk)
2008–09 Eliteserien 45 9 31 — 2 3 100 174 24 9th 1st in Qualifying for Eliteserien
2009–10 Eliteserien Folded on 6 October 2009

Former players

References

  1. ^ Code explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, T—Ties, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points
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